>> brennan: abducted on camera. surveillance video captures a woman screaming as she is grabbed and dragged away. tonight, what police are calling a break in the case. wildfire catastrophe-- tourists run towards the ocean as fire spreads across australia. why some people are aiming their anger at the prime minister. >> you're not welcome here you ( bleep )! >> brennan: doctor versus machine-- could a computer do a better job of diagnosing you with breast cancer? plus "mighty mo." this athlete is spending her this athlete is spending her golden years racking up gold medals. this is the "cvening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the national's capital. >> brennan: good evening. norah is off tonight. i'm margaret brennan. we begin with breaking news on the rising tensions in the middle east. isere has been a missile attack on the airport in baghdad ghnight.

it comes after defense secretary mark esper told reporters today that, "the game has changed." he said iran and its allies are aanning new attacks after the one this week at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. right now, 750 army paratroopers are headed to kuwait, as many as 5,000 more paratroopers and arrines are expected to be sent to the persian gulf in the edming days. we are covering the story from baghdad to the president's resort in florida. david martin leads us off tonight from the pentagon. david, what's the latest? >> reporter: margaret, tonight, the iraqi government says three rockets have hit the baghdad airport. video on social media shows vehicles on fire, and the iraqis say there are civilian casualties. as of now, a u.s. official says there are no reports of american casualties. this is the damage done by what u.s. officials call an iranian- backed mob to the american embassy in baghdad, and defense

secretary mark esper, speaking to reporters off camera, says there are indications militias loyal to iran are planning further attacks. >> do i think they may do something? yes. and they will likely regret it. ssy eporter: the embassy has been reinforced by more than 100 marines, and joint chiefs chairman general mark milley says it is secure. >> anyone who attempts to overrun that will run into a buzzsaw." >> reporter: i'm ian lee in baghdad where tensions are still eigh. teerican apache attack helicopters are patrolling the skies over the u.s. embassy. the protesters have left, replaced by elite iraqi troops guarding the compound. ut reporter: but american troops and diplomats are also based at about 15 other locations in r aq, some of which have come under rocket attack by iranian- backed militias. general milley says last week's attack was the largest and deadliest yet. >> we know that the intent of this last attack was, in fact,

uo kill american soldiers. >> reporter: on sunday, the u.s. retaliated with air strikes, which destroyed ammunition dumps, but also led to the anti- american protest at the embassy. defense secretary esper says the aame has changed. >> we have all the capabilities inherent in the united states military to either respond, to further attacks or to take aeemptive action if additional attacks are being prepared. >> reporter: in the air strikes on sunday, u.s. planes deliberately avoided hitting buildings where iranian advisers might have been located. next time, they might not be so careful. margaret. >> brennan: david martin at the pentagon. our paula reid is traveling with the president. pula, president trump has made ending u.s. involvement in the middle east and bringing troops home a major campaign promise. how does he square that with :hese latest deployments? >> reporter: margaret, over the past several months, i've iovered the president at his campaign rallies, and the seggest applause he gets is when he promises to bring u.s. troops home.

and while he has overseen a draw-down in iraq and syria, the tensions in the middle east keep drawing him back in. since may, 14,000 u.s. troops have been deployed to the gulf region, but the president is always mindful of re-election, and he knows that any increase , esonflicts, especially in the middle east, could cost him votes. >> brennan: paula reid in west palm beach, thank you. well, former housing secretary eulian castro dropped out of the democratic presidential primary today. his departure means half of those who launched campaigns are ou out. as for the 14 democrats still in the fight, some are raising a lot of money. here's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: julian castro launched his presidential bid just under a year ago, banking that his experience as a big- city mayor, cabinet secretary, and the only latino in the race, would catch on. it never did. >> given the circumstances of this campaign season, i have determined that it simply isn't our time.

>> reporter: those circumstances include being out-fund raised by other contenders, including vermont senator bernie sanders, iho raised $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. that's quite a turnaround from me first day of the corner, when he suffered what many thought might be a campaign- ending heart attack. s> let's defeat trump. let us transform this country. o> reporter: other candidates also brought in impressive hauls. $24 million for pete buttigeig, whose time as mayor of south ignd, indiana ended this week, and $22 million for former vice president joe biden. his best quarter yet. >> do you think you've raised >>ough money? >> oh, i know we have. >> reporter: businessman andrew yang, who began the year as a virtual unknown, also set a personal best-- $16.5 million. >> we will have the resources to compete all the way through the spring. t reporter: but they're all dwarfed by president trump, whose re-election campaign raised $46 million for the huarter and has a whopping $102 02llion already in the bank. the president credits the ongoing impeachment saga for

helping raise money. the trump sum easily tops what former president obama had for nts re-election campaign at the same point in 2011. of course, fundraising is just one measure of potential success. billionaire mike bloomberg is asending his own fortune and has already spent $130 million on advertising nationwide for his timocratic presidential bid. margaret. >> brennan: we will see if it all pays off. and we've just begun 2020, ed. get ready. >> reporter: so long to go. >> brennan: well, tonight, sheriffs deputies in florida are out looking for whoever fired fots at cars as they drove on rs4 and i-95 on new year's day. at least 19 vehicles were hit, most in valucia county in central florida. windows were blown out in some cases. fortunately, no one was hurt. investigators believe the shots came from a b.b. or pellet gun. tonight, the trump

administration is moving to ban most types of flavored e- rmerrette cartridges in an attempt to crack down on vaping by teenagers. critics, including the president's former f.d.a. commissioner, say the new rules don't go far enough. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: despite all the warnings, illnesses, and even deaths tied to vaping, 19-year- old piper johnson says e- cigarettes have an enduring attraction for young people. en it looks trendy. it looks cool. yke, it's something social you can do with your friends. >> reporter: last certainly she fell seriously ill after vaping and might have died without uuick treatment. did you have the impression it was safer? >> oh, yeah. iveryone said it was the safer alternative to cigarettes. >> reporter: today's government decision to ban most flavored e- cigarettes is designed to reduce tage by the young. r> we're going to protect our children, and we're going to protect the industry. >> reporter: but while the administration says fruit, candy, mint, and dessert- flavored vaping cartridges will eow be prohibited, tobacco and menthol flavors get a pass, and tank-based vaping devices like sll also be permitted.n shops,

the policy is a far cry from the president's original call in alptember to ban all flavors, including menthol. former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb, a trump appointee, tweeted that most kids will now simply switch to tobacco and menthol. but mitch zeller of the f.d.a. disagreed. >> the data is clear-- kids prefer flavors like mint, fruit, and candy. fey don't use, to a large degree, flavors like tobacco and menthol. w reporter: while many health officials criticized the new policy as too weak, the american vaping association called it a partial victory because it will allow thousands of small businesses to remain open. margaret. >> brennan: dean reynolds, thank you. a 24-year-old woman was charged toda tti-semic attack in new york city. a recent wave of assaults has the jewish community there on unge, and police on high alert. don dahler reports.

>> reporter: surveillance video af the new year's day attack bows a jewish man in brooklyn being punched in the neck by a woman after an eyewitness says she yelled anti-semitic slurs. the 24-year-old woman was arrested. it's just one in a series of at least 13 such attacks, many b surity video that have happened in the new york city area over the past ys days. today, the family of the most seriously injured victim from the monsey, new york, machete attack, 71-year-old josef nuemann, gave some grim news. >> he has a fractured skull. he's been sliced, like, through as neck. he has a shattered arm. ore doctors do not have high hopes for him. i reporter: new york city has increased police patrols in enrtain neighborhoods, some of which have been experiencing shcreased tension between african american and jewish visidents. community activists and local politicians have organized town halls to present a united front. >> i'm angry because this should

not take place against my brother and sister simply because... of their jewish faith. >> reporter: n.y.p.d. thmmissioner dermot shea says the most important way to deal bth hate is to stop it before ar starts. >> some of the things, such as swastikas and the signs and why it is so hateful, things such as tat are being discussed now to introduce into the schools to address the young people. >> reporter: you can see some of that police presence parked in front of the synagogue behind me. now, in response to rising fears in jewish neighborhoods, organizations are being urged to tap into a $90 million homeland lionrity fund dedicated to protecting nonprofits. margaret, that money could be used for everything from concrete barriers to security guards. >> brennan: don dahler, thank you. tonight, there's breaking news from las vegas. an arrest has been made in a suspected abduction that was ctptured on a home surveillance camera. carter evans on how this played ca out. and a warning-- some of the

video is graphic. >> reporter: the chilling video shows a woman frantically running to a stranger's home for help. >> stop, darnell! >> reporter: when her attacker catches up, he throws her to the ground and kicks her. the struggle continues as the man drags the woman by her hair to a white car in the street. the altercation was all caught on a las vegas home security camera just before 1:00 a.m. new year's day. no one was home at the time, but the homeowner saw the video remotely and sent it to police. how important was that video in imlving the crime? >> it was absolutely very important. we had a name that matched. >> reporter: during the assault, the victim says her attacker's name-- darnell. d stop, darnell! >> reporter: so the fact that he said his name on camera made a big difference. >> it made a big difference, a huge difference. >> reporter: it was the clue detectives needed. >> there was a call at approximately 3:45 in the morning in another area command that matched the name and the description that was similar it our suspect in nature.

>> reporter: that caller olported a domestic dispute between a woman and her boyfriend, 23-year-old darnell rodgers. when police arrested the r apect, they learned the couple started fighting after a new par's party. the victim ran out of the car, leaving the couple's one-month- old child in the back seat. n e woman in the video was found safe, and child protective services is now involved in the case. tonight, darnell rodgers is in custody. he's facing kidnapping and domestic battery charges. margaret. >> brennan: carter evans, thanks. the wildfire emergency in australia is growing worse by ure hour. at least 17 people have died, anre than 1,400 homes have been destroyed. tourists were fleeing by the thousands, and tempers are flaring against their prime minister. tegan george from our partner network 10 news is covering the disaster.

>> reporter: as over 200 fires continue to ravage the country, australia's military is bringing supplies to victoria's coast for thousands fleeing to the woreline. in new south wales, seemingly en of emergency. >> it's just a scary feeling. there's no fuel. we've got no power, no phone service out where we are. >> reporter: this summer's deadly wildfires season has been ,anked the worst on record. fierce flames have devastated the country for months, and it's taken an extreme toll on wildlife. ecologists say nearly half a billion animals have been killed, including a third of the local koala population. alnsions are boiling over in communities toured by australia's prime minister scott yorrison. >> you're an idiot, mate. ni reporter: locals feel they've been forgotten. >> every single time this area

has a flood or a fire we get nothing. >> reporter: nearly 400 homes have burned in new south wales hone. >> i understand the very strong feelings people have. hhey have lost everything and there are still some very ysngerous days ahead. >> reporter: with higher temperatures and strong winds opected to return over the weekend, unfortunately, the firefight is only expected to worsen. tre at this evacuation center in bega people are teeming in and people have already lost everything. margaret. >> brennan: thank you. there is much more ahead on ninight's "cbs evening news." citificial intelligence and medicine-- have we reached the point where a computer can read a mammogram just as well as a doctor? later, a little old lady from pasadena who is a speed demon in the pool. i switched to miralax for my constipation.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm tom hanson, and we've got a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with the legal battle over the gig economy. a new law in california is meant to protect part-time or casual workers like pet sitters or uber drivers, but some companies have launched a lawsuit to stop it, . carter evans explains. >> reporter: uber and postmates have been joined by other companies like lyft and doordash and they're pouring $110 million in efforts to bring this issue before california voter news in november. >> i'm working a job that i love. i'm working the hours that i want. >> reporter: jack kenny, who drives for both uber and lyft

feels the new law threatens his freedom and flexibility. >> i'm certainly not making less than minimum wage. >> reporter: kenny drives in los angeles, handling rides between time spent with his six grandchildren and caring for his wife, battling cancer. he has concerns that ab-5 will force companies to give employees a set schedule. >> you put a schedule on me, i'm now no longer able to optimize my work time, and i'm going make less. >> how's it going, man? >> reporter: still, many in the gig economy insist they need the minimum wage overtime, sick leave and other benefits the new law affords them. >> everybody show be able to have benefits and be able to be part of the system. >> reporter: uber and postmates are suing to block the new laabd unconstitutional statute designed to target and stifle workers in companies in the on-demand economy. on tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the law from impacting more than 70,000

independent truckers, many who are owner/operators. >> this law is bad because we're going to be forced to be employees when we can grow as a small business. >> reporter: companies like ride share provider lyft has said the law will force drivers to operate differently. >> it would impact the ability of drivers to work whenever and wherever they want. they would likely be required to work on scheduled shifts. >> reporter: still, some gig economy experts say the law could have a significant impact on companies, adding potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in labor costs. >> this is very much a scare tactic from the platforms as a way to convince workers that they should operate against what would actually be something in their best interests. regulations are not always the answer, but when it comes to the gig economy, some regulation is definitely the answer. >> reporter: now in a statement, uber said it joined the lawsuit